YouTube Comments

As a fan of music, I frequently go to YouTube to check out bands I'm unfamiliar with. It's an excellent way to get a taste of a band's music to see if it's something I'm interested in purchasing, or I'll sometimes look up instructional guitar videos. But the comments often are not worth reading.

I can't tell you how many times I've seen people comment on some kid's video where he's playing a cover of some song, and there's some asshole pointing out all the flaws in the kid's playing.

Another popular comment I see is when someone posts a video of some guitarist's live performance, and some jerkoff will comment "I'm a better guitarist than he is".  Interestingly, these people almost never have any videos of their own posted.  The one time that the guy that said it actually had a video posted, his playing sucked.

These people are so insecure about themselves that they need to take pot-shots at others.  You know what?  That kid with the video you just ragged on?  He's 13, and still learning.  He hasn't even finished growing yet, so he probably has to struggle a little to reach some of the chord fingerings that you're mocking him for flubbing.  But at least this kid had the stones to publish his work.  He's not posting it for you.

If these people actually had valid criticisms that could actually help the kid improve, they would be a lot more diplomatic about their criticisms.  But, they're not trying to help the kid improve. They're trying to make themselves feel better about their own shortcomings, whether perceived or real.

As for the "I'm a better guitarist than so-and-so" asshole, one question: Where's your proof?  If you're so much fucking better, why are you sitting in front of your computer ragging on him/her instead of out in front of a crowd displaying your talents?  Maybe if you spent a little less time trolling YouTube and a little more time focusing on promoting yourself, you would be.

When you make a claim like that, you better be ready to back it up, otherwise I'm free to dismiss your claims without any evidence.  You made a claim, show me the evidence.  Because not only am I going to dismiss your initial claim, but I'm not going to waste my time on anything else you have to say because, quite frankly, you've not established yourself as having any expertise on the subject. 

You claim to be a great guitarist, yet you refuse to present any evidence of you even playing guitar, much less showing up the guy you're ragging on.  I can't trust anything you say at that point.  So it's time for you to just shut the fuck up and go sit in your corner.

I swear, people are fucking stupid as all hell.